Hamilton Actress Phillipa Soo Goes From Eliza to Amélie: From the corsets, petticoats and hip-hop beats of her Broadway debut as Eliza Schulyer in the smash hit Hamilton to the cobbled streets of Paris as the shy, whimsical Amélie in a new musical based on the 2001 French film of the same name, Phillipa Soo has had one hell of a year.